“We know that he's innocent till proven guilty,” the Evans family’s publicist, Kimberly Reese, said. “I’m sorry to hear about the victim and what happened, but again, we're trying to get the full story."

During Evans’ arraignment, his attorney said Evans did not know the victim, but the confrontation was sparked by racial slurs.

According to his attorney, Evans and his friends were provoked by another group on Calhoun Street after the team returned from Texas.

The attorney said Evans and his girlfriend were the target of those racial slurs.

According to a Hamilton County arrest report, Evans turned to the group and punched victim Ryan Smith.

WLWT tried to contact Smith by phone, text message and in person at his house, but he wasn’t available, and others at his house said they were told not to comment.

Police said Smith suffered a concussion and head laceration. He received stitches at UC Medical Center.

University of Cincinnati President Santa Ono weighed in via Twitter, writing, "University of Cincinnati expects all of our students, including scholar-athletes, to be model citizens, representing UC with integrity and honor."

Evans is free on a $2,000 bond and is not allowed to contact the victim.

“This is a promising young man who has a promising career and, given some of the things we've seen in the media with different athletes and that sort of thing, this is not the case. We think this is an isolated incident,” Reese said.

“Coach Tuberville is aware of the incident involving Jarred Evans and is in the process of gathering information. It would be inappropriate to comment at this time,” UC Athletics spokesman Ryan Koslen said Monday.